From 01-08-2012 Sunday Bulletin

·WELCOME to His Grace Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos who brings His blessings and
those of our beloved Metropolitan Iakovos. Accompanying him is Dean Kartsimas,
our Metropolis Registrar.

·Happy New Year! – Please grab a 2012 WALL
CALENDAR from the Narthex, one per household please. Also, Sunday School
would much appreciate your now-old 2011 Wall Calendars for crafts throughout
this year. Hand them to Maria Katsiris.

·Theodore Dalamaggas fell asleep in the Lord yesterday (Sat, January 7th).
May his memory be eternal and his soul rest in peace among the saints. His
funeral arrangements will appear in the newspaper and on our church website once
the family decides. Tentative: Visitations on Tuesday evening and Funeral
Wednesday morning.

·TODAY – NO Sunday School classes.
Classes resume next week (Jan 15)

·TODAY – Oath of Office by
the Parish Council will follow the Divine Liturgy.

·TODAY – FEAST DAY
CELEBRATIONS continue in our Church Hall with the Cutting of the Vasilopita and
the Luncheon. The Vasilopitas are prepared by our Philoptochos ladies and all
the proceeds will go to support The Saint Basil Academy, our national
not-for-profit philanthropic center of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese which
provides love, shelter, food, education, protection and a home for her orphans,
children of chronically ill or destitute parents, or children from broken
homes. Our lunch is prepared by Katering Kitchen and preparations/serving/cleaning
is taken care of by our newly sworn-in Parish Council members with much much
help from Maria Katsiris J

·Sat, Jan. 14 – 4:15pm-5:00pmYOUTH STEWARDSHIP KICK-OFF – All youth
from our church, and their parents are invited to the first bi-monthly series
on Youth Stewardship. This first lesson will be an introduction for the youth
to get acquainted with stewardship and becoming more like Christ Jesus through
good decision making. The event will be focused on youth, ages 3-18, but
parents are asked to stay to help guide your children. Plenty of new
information about this exciting new program will be shared (documentation
scrapbook, etc.). Contact Elleni Huerter for information.

·Sun, Jan. 15 – 1:30pm-4:00pm
All Youth Sledding Event (HOPE, JOY, GOYA) – The plan is for this
fun event to take place at Chatham Park by Bowman Woods Elementary School on
Boyson Rd. NE. Since sledding without snow hasn’t yet worked, a backup plan
will be announced next Sunday.

·Mon, Jan. 16 – 1:00pmSENIORS’ EVENT – Our seniors and the
seniors from St. George will enjoy a musical program by Rob Nassif in the
fellowship hall of St. John’s. Mr. Nassif is an instructor of music and has
composed several Broadway shows. Fellowship over desserts will follow the
program.

·DONATE TO LOCAL CHARITIES – The Catering
Clergy “Served by Servants” Raffle is a wonderful way to donate to local
charities. The IOCCA clergy are putting on our CATERING CLERGY hats and
together will prepare and serve a dinner in the home of the winner of our
Raffle. Dinner will be for up to 8 adults of the winner’s choice and will be
prepared and served on either Thu, Feb. 9 or Fri, Feb. 10, 2012. Since tickets
sales currently did not cover the cost of the meal J, we decided to extend the opportunity for
others to still participate in this fundraiser and, if enough tickets are sold
in the next couple of weeks, the drawing will be done late January TBA. Ticket
prices are: $35/one, $60/two, $25/each for 4 or more tickets. Remember all
proceeds will support local charities.